Shelving.



No. 753,979. PATENTBD MAB.. 8, 1904.. T. HALL.

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NITED STATES Infant 'muon L TIIRASIIER HALL, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR on ONE-HALF TO GEORGE RUEOKIIOLDT, on sr. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 753,979, dated March 8, 1904.

Application filed Apfnil, 190s. Seriana. 152,110. Nomades To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, THRASHER HALL, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of St. Louis, State of Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Shelving, of which the following is a speci- Iication.

' It frequently happens in the burning of buildings that the damage to` goods resulting from the dripping of water is greater than the damage resulting directly from the re; and it is the object Aof this invention to minimize this indirect damage caused by the dripping water. To this end the inventionconsists in the construction hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification, and wherein like symbolsrefer to like parts wherever they occur, Figure I is a front elevation of shelving embodying my invention. Fig. II is a cross-section thereof. Figs. III and IV show modications, and Fig. V'is a view illustrating a construction wherein all the features of Figs. III

and IV are used in coperation.

My shelvingcomprises shelves 1, mounted upon suitable uprights or vertical supports 2. At the front margin and also preferably at the rear margin each shelf has an outwardly and downwardly projecting portion,'whose lower edge is formed into a dripping-surfacel This dripping-surface- Inay be .formed `in divers ways. `As shown 1n Fig. II, the upper surface of each shelf has a Inetaly sheathing 3- extending lengthwise of the vshelving' and havlng Its side projecting outwardlybeyond the shelf and inclined downwardly, whereby an open space is left `between the projecting margin of the sheathing'and said shelf. As shown in Fig. III, the sheathing 4 covers the entire 4shelf and may be made removable therefrom,

and, also as shown in Fig. III, thedrip-line may be formed by. a molding-strip 5, secured to the underside of the shelf along the margin thereof. As shown in Fig. IV, the .drip-line.

consists of the lower edge of a tongue 6, er.- tendlng along the margin of the Shelf on the under side thereof. -As'shown in .Fig V, both curl the downwardly-projecting portion thereof, asshown at 8 at the top of Fig. II, in order that the sharp edge thereof may be brought into a position where it is not likely to cut or scratch the hands of a person working about the shelving. This sheathing may' be made as a separate article ready for application to the shelving, in which case its downturned edges furnish a convenient means for fastening it in place. This is particularly true in the case of the curled edges, whose resiliency is sufficient to clamp the sheathing in place. In order to shed the water to the rear, the uppermost shelves or surfaces-that is, the surfaces that are not otherwise coveredare preferably inclined slightly., As shown in Fig. II, the sheathing which covers the top of the shelving has its main portion inclined toward the wall and the remaining portion inclined in the opposite direction. The sheathing for the lowermost shelf,which projects over the drawers, is inclined slightly toward the front. A

It is usual in the construction of shelving for some of the vverticalsupports to extend back to the wall of thev building, whereas the shelves are mounted on said supports at a distance from said wall. Underneath the rear edge of each shelf it is desirable to mount flatwise upon the supports a small strip arranged to incline downwardly toward the wall.

vkvious that the invention may be appliedto shelving already in use. It is also obvious that the constructions herelnbefore descrlbed admit of considerable variation without deportion of each shelf ,having a groove zon its or more shelves mounted thereon and having more shelves thereon, the marginalportion of parting from my invention, and I do not wish to be restricted to said constructions.

' Vhat I claim is- 1. Shelving comprising supports and one or more shelves mounted thereon, the under side of the shelf having a marginal portion extending lower than the surface contiguous thereto on the' inward side.

2. A tier of shelves, eachV having a downturned margin projecting beyond the'main body thereof.

3. Shelving comprising supports, and one marginal projections, the outer part of the projection extending lower than the intermediate part thereof.

4. Shelving comprising supports, one or more shelves mounted thereon, and sheathing for the upper surface of the shelves, the marginal portion of said sheathing extending beyond the edge of its shelf and being downturned to form a drip-line.

5. Shelving comprising supports,one or the shelf having sheathing projecting beyond more shelves mounted thereon, the marginal portion of each shelf havinga molding-strip on its under side.

7. Shelving comprising supports,and one or more shelves mounted-thereon, the marginal under side.

8. Shelving comprising supports,and one or more shelves mounted thereon, the vmarginal portion of each shelf having a `molding-strip l on its under side and having also a groove lon its under side.

9. Shelving comprising end supports, one or more shelves mounted thereon, and deflector-strips mounted on said supports below the rear margins of the respective shelves.

lO. Shelving comprising end supports arranged for fastening to the wall of a building, one or more shelves mounted thereon at a distance from the rear face of said supports and deflector-strips mounted on said supports below the rear edges of the respective shelves.

l1. Shelving comprising end supports, one or more shelves mounted thereon. and deflector-strips mounted on said supports below the rear margins of the respective shelves, the under side of each shelf having a marginal portion extending lower than the surface con tiguous thereto on the inward side.

12. Ashelf-protector consisting of a sheathing adapted to cover the shelf and lhaving downturned edges arranged to project beyond it.

13. A shelf-sheathing havingl its upper'surface inclined downwardly to its margin, and said margin being downturned, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

14. A shelf-sheathing adapted to cover a shelf and having its upper surface inclined downwardly to its margins, and said margins being curled downwardly, substantially as and for the purpose specified. v

St. Louis, Missouri, April 9, 1908.

THRASHER HALL.

Witnesses:

JAMES A. CARR JULIA B. MneowN 

